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Pistachio Cream Cheese Brownies

Earlier this year, I was looking for a pistachio brownie online when I found this recipe on the blog What a Dish!, originally from Taste of Beirut. I wanted to make a brownie that would pack well on a trip to the beach, but also a brownie that was a little different from the standard chocolate. After the first batch turned out so well, we ended up making these several more times for nights out in the summer – One night we brought these to a picnic in Vanier park to watch the English Bay fireworks and another night they served as the perfect movie snack during an outdoor showing of ‘The Breakfast Club’ in Stanley Park.

The combination of pistachio and chocolate is a great pairing, and while these certainly make a great summertime picnic dessert – with the bright green color of the pistachio layer cutting through the traditional chocolate brownie the presentation will also work very well during the rapidly approaching Christmas season.

I use semi-sweet Callebeaut chocolate and a dutch processed cocoa to get the richest color and flavor for the brownie portion. Most recently I’ve used a 100% Valrhona cocoa (available at Gourmet Warehouse) and it improves the brownies considerably.

Give these a try… I’m sure you’ll enjoy them

Ingredients / Ingredientes

4 ounces unsalted butter / onzas de mantequilla sin sal

4 ounces semi sweet chocolate / onzas de chocolate semi dulce

3/4 cup flour / taza de harina

1/2 tsp baking powder / cucharilla de levadura en polvo

pinch of salt / pizca de sal

1 Tbsp cocoa powder / cucharilla de cocoa en polvo

2 eggs / huevos

3/4 cup sugar / taza de azúcar

1 tsp vanilla / cucharilla de vainilla

4 1/2 ounces pistachio paste / onzas de pasta de pistacho

3 ounces cream cheese / onzas de queso crema

1 egg / huevo

Pistachio paste / Pasta de Pistacho

2 cups peeled pistachios / tazas de pistachos pelados

1/2 cup almond flour / taza de harina de almendra

1/2 cup sugar syrup (2 to 1 ratio of sugar to water brought to a boil to dissolve the sugar) / taza de jarabe de azúcar (azúcar disuelta en agua)